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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-01-22
THE GIRL IN THE KITCHEN.

The girl in the kitchen sits all alone
In her work-worn. faded clothes;
With only the night to call her own.
With only the wind to voice her woes.
The kitchen girl, like a pinioned dove,
Has heart grown heavy and slow;
For a fathers kiss and mothers love
Are the dim like visions of long ago.
The kitchen girl has love Is true
As the maid in the drawing room:
And her poor heart aches rs her thoughts
pursue
Their faded fancies athwart the gloom.
But the Christ who lay fnthe manager straw
Will find in the tchen even His own;
girl as pure az the saints who draw
In reverent circle about His throne
Charles Kn0icles Bolton, In Good Housekcep-
ina. ------
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-01-22

In the tropics the finest orchids are
often found in the tops Of the highest
trees at such an elevation that they can
only be reached by cutting down the
tree. while few are seen in the lower
shades of the forest, which are singu.
larly bare of bloom. Perched high in
air and shaded by the foliage of the
tree upon which it grows the orchid
makes its home, and the perilous expe-
rience of collectors in their attempts to
find some new and rare species would
fill volumes. Instances are not I'M
common of expert collectors having
been sent thousands of miles across the
ocean to some remote part of South
America, India or the MaIayan archi-
pelago to secure some orchid of which
specimen may have been brought
home - Chicago Herald.
The famous s.Put's tree" near
Crown Point. N. Y. to which General
Isreal Putnam was tied by the Indians
and rescued just as the torch was being
applied to the faggots, was recently
sent to Saratoga where it will be pre-
served. 1t stood on the bank of Put 8
creek and since its fall last spring was
visited by many relic hunters albany
Journal,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-01-22

SKIPPER. ne Dauiy nurt, ana Is only
meditatin'
Two Of the men now began to haul
in the line; and the boat was slowly
brought up within thirty or forty yards
of the whale. Still it lay there, like a
log.
"Put me alongside him." said the
captain, taking up the whale lance and
planting himself in the bow. The boat
was worked gently forward. But the
captain suddenly changed his mind.
He did not like the way the huge
creature was behaving.
Laying down the lance, he took up
the bomb gun again. .'Pass a cartridge
from the stern locker" he muttered
and then reloaded his piece, thinking
it safer to try another shot than to pull
up within lancing distance.
In obedience to q wave of his hand,
the boat was now worked little nearer,
ranging alongside, but keeping well
clear Of the whales flukes, when a
second bomb was fired into its body,
ut the "water-line," well forward, and
dipping" at an angle of thirty or forty
degrees. Four oars struck into the
water at the same instant. propelling
the boat backward-but not before we
were all again drenched from head to
foot by the powerful lateral sweep Of
the great creatures tail Down il
went again. leaving roaring whirl-
pool in its wake, but rose after few
seconds, spouting fresh blood. The
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
TURKISH TORTURE.
Application OF the "sclI" to Two Innocent
Cruatian brothers.

. =, ,,,,
II WIS me sultan Aou"' mcul'o ""1
was F.'oec' ne VINO was h"'wn Il ai'o
Io'ea ioT MS sei''e'ieSS anu h"plehess,
ne haa 0een 10 say ms prayers IKE an
gooo " e"S>,''ia,''' a"' 'ne'' 10 cav MS
olhhe,' anu "'''ic az olh''eI us Je"c,-
room ""o pee' eh'eloo "ho "ay i"li
OF Ie"t5 was eariic' Oh
Inc le"'i' III 'he sultan palace are
oo"s"' VI 'oihe.,"'c' 'o''hsc"'eu anu
kept I" oe "'s.t'o"''' as re"aios VI
merit y. 0s S,iVs 10 we nurses "ho
of!ne ''u'nSS 0, ''' ''re' o' al he'r Or
hcliosS' oI' pe.haps, ~ give !" new
OF la'''I'e "ilc' a''o there Always was
lafgt eol'ecuoi an" IL was also very
Valu"o.e'
Ihe'f was no person "hoh' tle
oneeFs 0ou'" suspect, no one VINO
coulo l@'e "pProacheo 'he sultan S
JcWe4-.oon ahpefceiVea' unless IL was
TWO tLo"tIans VINO WORKED near that
part o. me garden OF thc palace that
day 'neSe TWO nhioftuiates were
se!zeo anu Sea'ehea' NOV 'he siightest
'mng was io"h, III 'he'r possession
"hlch coH'o 'ena 10 cr'nlhate them,
pot SUI " was ehou8ht lhey might nave
mao 'oh'e"c'.Ves anu 'hey were gwen
over :" sne PRISON "u'hori''es'
VINO Put t'eh 10 torture again
anu aga'h o" 'he rack 10
MAKE men. Confess ont Always
'Se''SS-5 ihes were ofo'her'-taii'
s't"ns' Aa''''o'ho ieiiow'' ana men
WI" "V.V 'orn 20 heritage oi courage
an" desFFfiiiha"oh' ana "hen they
Mei' even u respite from Ineir torture
heF Always oec,areo theif innocence
al 'as' 'he ch'ei PRISON authority
lhouEht OF niehod OF making them
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

Why is jack-o-lantern like a
watch-key? Because there's q b in
both. (N. B.. This answer will fit
any conundrum.)
Yacht owner--"Haw! What's the
hext move, captainp" Captain--"Drop
the hawser." Yacht "Haw!
do you mean to insult me, sirp-Judge.
You can now send postal card to
China for two cents. but unless you
have made special study of tea chests,
you won't have any thing very intelligi-
bic to say.-Jersey City Journal.
Private (arm in arm with his sweet
heart, meets his sergeant in the garden
Of a restaurant.) Sergeant, my sis
ter sergeant--'I know; she was
mine once. ."-Eberswalder Zeitung.
Got Stuck on Her.
His arm crept timidly round her waist,
Till pin destroyed his glee;
But the maiden said, with never q blush:
II pinned my affection In thee"
-Teras Siftings.
"A yellow street dog is never more
reckless in the presence of gamins than
Oh hard, cold day, for then he knows
all the tin-cans and stones are frozen
so solidly to the ground that the boys
can't move them. m.-Puck.
10, mammal" exclaimed little
Edith, running into the house nearly
out Of breath, ''there's going to be q
marriage deception over to Mrs. Upp-
um's this evening"" Marriage decep-
ton! HIM! what ridiculous blunders
children do make sometimes!" Boston
Transcript.
III see." said Mr.. McSlugen, that
they have organized Milk Trust COM
pany in Chicago" "A Milk Trust
Company! Well, that's something like.
l wish they'd organize one here; and a
Beefsteak Trust Company, too. This
thing Of being dunned by the butcher
is awfully tiresome. y WasAington
Critic.
"A citizen of Munich, who was short
Of funds, had recourse to the following
original scheme for raising the wind:
He ordered confectioner to make o
pie for his wife's birthday. containing
as surprise lining Of new twenty
pfennig pieces. The man was now re-
lieved, but the confectioner is still
waiting for his money.--Der Gyeusbote
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

Father" said a boy Of tender
years and sympathetic nature, as he
paused for a moment before dipping
into the bread-pudding with which his
dinner concluded-"fa father, l wish the
cook wouldn't use the bread to make
it up into pudding Why doesn't she
crumble it up and throw it out to the
poor birdsP" But" responded his
more practical sire, "if you should
throw away your food to the birds, and
then find that you were hungry Your
self, what would you doP" The boy
was silent for moment; then his face
frightened, and touch Of his fathers
practicalness illumined his eye. "Why,
then" he said, softly, couldn't we 60
out and kill the birds. IN. Y Ledger.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
overbaIanced BY the Shock.

''Let's see," said . woman who was
inspecting an empty house in the east
ern part Of the city with view to rent,
''hayen't several Of your tenants died
In the housep''
! "Only two, madame"
"And they died Of typhoid fever. ]
hear, caused by the drainage being 20
BAG"
Typhoid fever! Some one 10 trying
to injure me, madame. They both fell
down stairs and killed themselves"
t'That's singular"
"Oh, no, madame, You see, they
stood at the head Of the stairs when
lowered the rent to twelve dollars POI
month. and the sudden shock over.
balanced 'em. ."--Desron Free Press.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
atL.os 81 e .aiANssea


V6BStIe01 A6ND - - ISossVssSs ~o.SeA
By DR.. Grant hey.
Dr.. james Grant Bey. Of Cairo
Egypt, while here ut the medical con
gress. found time to present to tn
muserm some very interesting relics o
ancient Egypt. Two objects Of ths
highest interest in the collection art
pear-shsped pendants of gold which art
imprinted with the kingly seal Of
Thoihnes ILL.,. who lived l,6OO years
B. C. These were bought in Cairo
several years before the noted discov-
cry of the royal mulumies in the cave
of DER el Bahari. and confirmed the
suspicion that the Arab grave robbers
had access to a royal sepulcher. In
this find, besides the bodies OF several
kings known in history, was found the
mummy Of the great Rameses H.. the
"Pharaoh of tho Bible, and that Of his
son, Rameses Ill, the Pharaoh Of the
exodas, A piece of the wrapping linen
of Rameses H., on which DR.. Grant has
written the royal seal of the king, pro-
vokes reflections on the changes since
the busy hands of the weaver wrought
that fne linen S.S00Eears ago.
A small bronze mummy box with
lizard on the top tells us that the
Egyptians were also careful OF the bod
les OF rs small animals as these. A
mummled hawk is also in the collec-
ton. The hawk was the symbol OF
Horus, Inc sun god. and son OF Osiris,
the greatest god in the Egyptian Pam
theon. Two little porcelain statuettes
were the subject of an interesting
story told by the learned doctor.
They arc called shubti, or respond
ents. When an ancient Egyptian
went 70 The funeral OF friend he took
seveTai Of these. which were deposited
in an empty box provided for the pur-
pose in The tomb, to represent that the
friends wished the deceased to have
plenty # servants in the next world to
till the soil and sow seed Hence they
have agricultural implements and a
bag 0f seed in their hands These
shubii we're formerly mistaken for inn
agrs Of Osiris Among other things
are a copper tigurette Of the ibis headed
god Thoth. the ancestor of the Greek
god Hermes, the god of learning; one
of cat, the symbol of Sekhet, who
corresponds to the Greek Diana, god
des- Of he moon; a small stone scarab
or beetle with he seal of the goddess
Hatho on the " her side
Several fragments Of papyrus, with
Old Greek characters written on them.
are iron the late interesting find of OBJ
iectS dating within the Christian era in
the Fvo,,m. 1t is an interesting fact to
note tha, the crocodile and the papyrus
plant have disappeared from lower
Egypt, owing, in the case of the papy-
rus, 10 the fact that the country is less
marshy than formerly, and that it was
by the ancents for the man
of paper. 1t is true, however,
thar both papyrus and crocodiles were
cultivated by the humane Egyptians. 1
The remainder of the collection con.
,iSts Of articles more nearly related to .
modern times, such as Greek. Roman
and Turkish coins. Washington Star.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
/, saA's 1iib !ki0u

cfnmou cheese clot,,
I, e1esl.snt =. .train.r q asid frai's n,k'' y
The cdor y perspIratiou !. ..,s .as
bees. Offensive 1
Ginger Snaps. Two c,,,.
lasses, one cup each Of sposI sSps oi mo-
a .er. one teaspoonful each Of sosa s,is oat, Da,
ginger. and nour to make s0ta !. aaa
enough to roll. - Household N' y stiff
corn from the cob, season, S aSa Oolled =
beaten eggs and sufficient flon, ~. :. 'nres
them consistency. Drop il 0glvs
spoonfuls into boiling lard Or dr,,ng sfgs
and fry q nice brown. Camel dppng.
may be used. Boston Budoet. 'u corn
Ducks are not good winter ,,,,..
but they begin very early in the ~: ,syes. e.,
usually In February. laying thai, iirason. s
early in the morning. Thoy ,bps9, egss
not be kept too fat. Boiled nct,.a should
turnips, with plenty Of grass m~sso maIe 70 Or
cellent food for them. Ion;. as e. 81
publican. ~" ne
Practical and successful wo.,.
men claim that a constant spnn1s Is'la ].
salt for swine is safe preyent;r, rfy y.
diseases. one that can be count.S u
with q degree Of certainty; that s bv =. w.
constant use the system is made 49,. ~ ~
to ward of disease; that cholera ',oas do.!
not start in herds receiving thi. esss ss'
and that these herds often escans ss' ss.s'
all others around them are destro,.a a.a
Cincinnati Times.
Chocolate Pie.-Take four t.k.
spoonfuls Of grated chocolate, ono '. n;a.
Of boiling water, yelks Of two epa. pr'
two tablespoonfuls of corn starch est. q.
tablespoonfuls Of sugar. Stir toeetbs. ,.a
and boil until thick like custard. NAL.
and bake crust, put in the chocol.t.
filing; beat the whites Of two eprs '
sweeten. flavor with vanilla, spread Pr .,
top and brown in quick oven. Sery.
cold. Boston Budget.
-Tutti Frutti Cake. cotFee.cn,
butter. ono coffee-cup sugar, one cot
fee-cup sweet milk, two and one.bal,
coffee-cups flour, whites of seven eeas
three teaspoonfuls baking-powder, 1H ops
pound raisins, one pound figs, one
pound dates, one pound almonds, ope.
fourth pound citron. Blanch the al.
monds and shred them in fine pieces
Bake in two long pans in slow oven
one hour and three-qvarters:-Go Good
Cheer.
One of the most serviceable kind
of washstand splashers and also one Of
the cheapest is made from a yard Of
fancy mating bound with wide braid
or piece Of silk or merino, matching
the prevailing color in the room and
fastened up with four tacks, each tack
covered with colored ribbon. Where
the room is small and there is no dress.
ing case. pockets Of the mating may
be fastened each side Of the splasher to
hold the comb and brush. -lndianap.
olts Journal.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
PERSONAL AND ltArERso,ll

George Westing nghousc. Jr, The 4
ventor Of tho Westinghouse airbrakl
is rated at seven million dollarA /
! Mr.. Powderly has received neaTl
eighteen thousand letters. and has an
swered ten thousand Of them With
the past year.
IN. Dibler. the cxecutioner Of Paris
isfond of birds and music. He has
large and well-stocked aviary, and il I
capital performer on the violin.
l--Wurtemburg, Germany. has re
markablc mind-reader in the person o.
peasant girl nineteen years old. who.
if asked question in the daytime in
language unknown to her, will respond
to it after dark in same language. She
is said to shed her hair periodically.
Joseph NJ. Douglas. of Nevada City.
CAL. an eccentric miser whose wealth
is estimated at five million dollars, was
recently fined one hundred dollars and
put in Jail for twenty-four hours for
contempt of court He didn't mind the
confinement, but the fine nearly broke
his heart
1T is definitely known that Wit
toria Colonna was buried in small and
obscure church in Rome. now being de.
molished SAINT Anna del Falegnami
and the archaologists and literary peo-
pie of that city are anxiously expecting
the discovery of the cypress wood
coffin, lined with embroidered velvet"
placed in the grave. IN y Indepesd-
ent.
Lord Roseberry, speaking Of "vol-
apuk," says that he regards with awe
the scheme for celebrating language
for international correspondence; but
he does firmly believe that within q
century correspondence in the same
tongue will be carried on in some form
Of shorthand, and that the stress and
pressure of public life will make it
necessity.
"A bachelor in Frankfort, Germany,
advertised for "a helpmate of agree.
,ble exterior and good education;
money secondary consideration"
He received 3,643 offers. OF these,
',l37 came from Germany and 2S7
rom Frankfort. There were 1897 who
aid nothing about their fortune, and
,S16 gave their wealth at various
igures from $3.50 to $4,000. Photo.
,raphs accompanied 3,l12 of the offers
md it cost the advertiser nearly $3.50
or return postage on them. He picked
nut a poor Hanoverian maiden and
married her.
German papers relate that the
niger, Marie Fullo, who recently died
n St. Petersburg, left diamonds valued
t 150,000f. to the eldest son Of tho
Ear. She stated in her will that she
elected him as her heir because she
ad received the diamonds from near
elative of his, and knew of no one bet
er entitled to them than the heir pre-
umptive Of the Russian crown. 1t is
aid that the young Grand Duke Mich
las intends to turn the diamonds over
. several religious institutions. -Bos-
m Transcript.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
A VALUABLE SUBSTANCE.
The Process Of Making Carbollo Acid From

Coal OIL.
Carbolic acid was first distilled from
coal tar in 1884 by the chemist Runga
It is still obtained from coal tar, but
more largely now, because more cheap.
ly, from petroleum Creosote had been
FIRST obtained about two years before
the discovery Of carbolic acid, and for
somo time there was an assumption
among chemists that the two substances
were the same, but the application Of
strict tests soon showed them to be es.
sentially different. Carbolic acid was
found to have many important proper.
ties; the one, no doubt, that brought it
most generally into use was its power.
full antiseptic quality. 1t was found to
Immediately check the process of pu-
trefaction in organic matter and render
decay impossible in any substance sub
jected to contact with it. It thus came
speedily into use as an application in
surgery, especially in the case Of ul.
GERS, fostering wounds or gangrenous
sores. It is also used to some extent
in medicine, having been found to have
some excellent properties, when used
in diluted form and in combination,
though in . pure state it is most vio-
lent poison. Carbolic acid is made
from coal tar, from salicylic acid and
from coal oil. We give the process Of
making it from the last named substance
as the one most frequently used. Tho
crude coal oil or petroleum is distilled in
retort furnished with thermometer,
and the portion which passes over
when the heat ranges between three
hundred and four hundred degrees
Fair. is collected apart and mixed
with . hot saturated solution Of caustic
potassa. After this has stood for some
time, . semi-crystalline, pasty mass
forms, with some liquid on top; this
liquid 10 drawn of. and the pasty stuff
below is stirred with . small quantity
Of water until II il dissolved. In the
solution thus obtained, carbolate Of
potassa settles to the bottom a. dense
liquid and 10 drawn of; hydrochlorie
acid is then added to 1t, and carbolic
acid In the form Of solution rises to
the top Chloride Of calcium is then
added to this to remove water. and
the whole IL then purified by distilla-
ton. and the portion left BY dhtilling
OF the pure carbolic acid Is subjected
to cold and yields crystals Of carbolic
acid. which must be dried and put
away from the air. Carbolic acid is
used very lavishly by some surgeons
being applied as . lotion and with
dressings Of gause Or cotton wool pre-
viously prepared with the acid. Bus
It has been found that the application
OF too much carbolic acid to an open
sore results in absorption Of tho poison
BY the blood. sometimes to = fatal de-
gree. For this reason this substance
should only be used = . dressing tor
wounds and sorss In the. form directed
by On Intelligent physician. Carboiic
acid has also IN important use in the
preparation Of tar colom for painting
and dyeng. Chicago Intss 0ssoa.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

--"Tll be doggoned," remarked
Farmer Goshun, "ef I see why it is
that these hotel fellers alters hollers
'front.'! an then goes an puts a feller
in a room that looks out onto the
alley" Washington Critic.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

Wash your ilatirons in so.psud.
and dry thoroughly, Il they Il ali
trouble You by dropping black specke
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

buy hives that will last I. lifetime.
There are many hives on the market
only made to sell.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

It Is preferable, If possible, that the
frkins used by each packer should have
. uniform weight; otherwise the honest
weight Of the wood should be marked
on each tub, which facilitates the as
pertaining Of the just weight Of butter.
There are many conveniences in hav-
ing Q uniform tare for the butter tubs,
but this does not mean that every tub
should contain the same quantity Of
butter. These tubs may vary from
thirty to hundred pounds in butter
capacity; what is meant Is that each
tub which contains the same quantity
Of butter should have the same
weight
After the butter 10 packed in the Tub
1t 10 customary to place a "salt plas-
ter" under the lid; but Prof Robert.
son, who made observations at the
Colonial Exhibition, informs our dairy.
men that this layer Of salt breaks
before the butter reaches the English
markets. On the continent Of Europe.
where the best systems Of packing are
adopted, parafane or parchment paper
70 highly recommended. Tin lined
tubs. although favored in some quar-.
teri. are Objectionable from the fact
already stated. When cloth is used to
prevent the butter from adherine to
the walls Of the tub care should be
taken that II is free from impurities or
any substance unpalatable to the taste
Or injurious TO the health.-M r
Herald.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-06

The west~ 5ouad passenger train was
t8rCvn from sle track tour miles eas5 Of
sterling Dakota. SATURDAY. the goth lit
aGd sir Hoaches were completely wrecked.
The wreck was the most ~disaatrous
thls road Has experienced Tor months.
and t5e iacs that but q passenger
vas killed il remarkable. TIE MAJ slied
WA William Otis Breed of F~aribault.
Man. Had he remained in his aeat be
wOaid not have lost his life. When the
train left the track he was standing on the
rear platform Of the second eLn1zrADt
saF. ana Iamped. No sooner bad he
reached The gToaDd than the next car top
ped aad crushed aIm 10 death in an D.
slant There q something exceptionally
pathetic ~ this care, - young Breed was
accompanied ~ mr. iatnsr, mother,
two sisters and little brother, whom
be bad induced TO leave their
home IN FarjbaGlt and start with him for
Washington Territory where he had pre-.
pared 90 take care Of them. The father
and mother stated that it would be folly
for them 10 20 70 WASHINGTON Territory
nov Tier son was dead, and they will take
the first e~ast-DCuBd train for Sc. Paul. re-
turning thsucssto their home at FaribauIt.
The injured numbered about twenty. five,
bot not over three we're seriously hurt.
The wreck was oceasiOned by the intense
heat which expanded the rails and threw
the cars from the track. At the time Of
the accident the train vas going down
grade at a lively rate Of speed, and
the engine and the mail and express ears
passed over the dangerous spot in safety.
The two enigFant ears were occupied BY
two companies Of soldiers, recruits for
the Western pvsts; and although at the
time the c4rs were thrown into the air and
sent crushing TO the ground on their roofs,
the soldiers gef6 standing on the platform
between the cars, not one Of them a lin.
%.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-06
Cardinal Manning on Labor.

In q Forthcoming newspaper article Car
dinal Manning will say:
Unless the rights Of labor can be denied,
the liberty Of organization to protect them
and the freedom founded upon them can
notbe denied. Tow ards the end Of the
last century the doctrines ofpolitieal econ
omy under the plea OF free contract, broke
up the old relations between the employer
and the employed, and the conflict be-
tween capital end labor then became per-
petual. The power Of capital is all but
Irresistible, for labor must work for the
bread Of life, Hunger lays the necessity
upon them Of laboring forthe sake Of their
homes and themselves. When the law ceas-
90 TO intervene organizations for mutual
defense straightway arise. Fhe Knights
Of Labor and the British trades unions
represent the rights Of labor and the rights
ST association for It's defense. The free
dom oicontract hardly exists II is pure
~ the church's Office to protect the poor
and their labor, which has built up the
human commonwealth.